Gardens in America

1914 Elmhurst, Ohio, pictured
1925 Cotswold Cottage, Greenwich, Connecticut

Gertrude Jekyll’s books were published and read in the USA. She wrote articles for American gardening journals. As a result, she became very well known in America and has been influential in garden design circles. She received awards from The Garden Club of America, The Massachusetts Horticultural Society and others. During her later years, she designed three gardens there; although she never visited America she could do the job, by meticulous attention to detail.

After her death, a considerable proportion of her archive, including many garden plans, found its way to the University of California, Berkeley, mainly through the bequest of Beatrix Jones Farrand, the US gardener and garden designer, who had acquired them. Her life and work are described in Jane Brown’s Beatrix-The gardening life of Beatrix Jones Farrand (1872-1959).